Food dispensing device



Dec. 7, 1937. F. K. KRAG FOOD DISPENSING DEVICE Filed June 3, 1935thereof.

Patented Dec. 7, 1937 Wow STATES PATENT or-Fins 1 Claim.

This invention relates to dispensing devices, and particularly todevices for dispensing and forming batter for making cookies, and fordispensing and forming layers of whipped cream andthe like. A furtherobject is to provide means for varying the appearance of the substanceafter it is formed. A particular object of the invention is to providesuch a device as is very efiective and is at the same time inexpensive;the invention consisting partly in the manner of making the device.

Of the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is an elevation of a device whichembodies some of the features of my invention; Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe device; Fig. 3 is a bottom View of one modification of the device;Fig. 4 is a sectional fractional view, materially enlarged, along theline 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a similar view along the line 5-5 of Fig.1; Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view along'the line 6-6 of Fig. 1,and Fig. '7 is a similar view showing a modification; Fig. 8 is a bottomsectional view of a modified form of the device; and Fig. 9 is a bottomview of the modification. I

The device comprises a cylinder in, in which is mounted a piston ii. Thepiston is operated in the cylinder by means of a rod l2 to which thepiston is fastened in any suitable manner. The rod extends out of theupper end or the cylinder through a closure disk I3, and the rod isoperated by means of a button I4 fixed to the outer end In the lower endof the cylinder is mounted a perforated disk 15, and a flange I6 extendsfrom this disk downwardly a distance substantially equal to thethickness of the cookies that are to be formed.

In operation the disk I5 is removed and the cylinder is filled with thebatter which is to be operated on; the batter is then forced out throughthe openings I! by means of the piston while the flange I6 is resting onthe table. When a sufficient amount of batter has been forced out, thedevice is quickly raised leaving the formed batter on the table.

In order to vary the thickness of the cookie that is to be formed Iprovide the disk [5 with an annular flange l8, so that when this flangeextends upwardly, as in Fig. 6 the face of the disk will be materiallybelow the lower end of the cylinder; but when the flange l8 projectsdownwardly from the disk, that is when the disk is inverted, as in Fig.7, the face of the disk, and the openings II, will be materially abovethe lower end of the cylinder. In this way the thickness of the batterformed according to the arrangement of Fig. '7

other hand for other purposes.

will be much greater than when formed according to the arrangement ofFig. 6.

In order that the disk may be inverted I provide the flange I6independent of the disk and clamped to the cylinder. In this case Iclamp the flange and the disk to the cylinder end, by means of a bayonetclamping means l9, the disk being clamped between the cylinder end andthe flange l6 by means of an annular flange 28, projecting outwardlyfrom the flange IB. In this manner the disk may be conveniently removedfrom the cylinder in order to invert it or to fill the cylinder withbatter. However, the batter may be inserted in the other end of thecylinder by removing the disk 53 and the piston, if desired.

The disk l3 may also be clamped onto the cylinder end by means ofordinary bayonet clamping means, if desired, and fixed to this disk, orto the cylinder I provide Wings 2|. By the use of these wings the devicecan be held with one hand as it is being operated, the fingers passingdown under the wings and the thumb pressing on the button M. In this waythe operator has the use of his Fig. 4 shows the method of clamping thedisk l3 onto the cylinder Ill by means of the clamping means 22.

In forming the cylinder l0 it is desirable to have the inner borecircular so as to fit the piston and prevent the batter from passingabove the piston. To accomplish this and to form an inexpensive cylinderI provide the flanges 23 on the adjacent edges of the cylinder sheet,after the sheet has been rolled to form a cylinder. These flanges runfrom one end to the other of the cylinder, and the cylinder edges areheld together by means of the strip 24 having flanges 25 passing betweenthe flanges 23 and the body of the cylinder.

My device may be used for dispensing various substances, and also forvarying the appearance of the substances when formed. The thickness ofthe batter may be varied in the manner set forth, or by varying thelength of the flange l6; and the appearance otherwise may be varied byvarying the openings II, or by varying the amount of batter that isforced out of the cylinder.

The device may be used for dispensing whipped cream or other substancesby inserting in place of the disk l5 2. member 26, having at its lowerend an opening 21. By this means the cream can be forced out through theopening 21 and spread around in any desired shape. By varying the shapeof the opening 21 the appearance of the cream may be varied. To expeditevarying the opening in an inexpensive manner, I provide the member 26with an enlarged opening 28 in which forated disk removably mounted inthe lower end of the cylinder, said disk having an annular flangeextending angularly therefrom, the outer diameter of the flange beingless than the diameter of the bore of the cylinder, and a second annularflange extending outwardly from the outer edge of the former flange, andmeans for detachably clamping the second flange onto the end of thecylinder with the disk surface above or below the second flange asdesired.

FRANZ KIELSEN KRAG.

